Albany Med to add 117 positions in 2007

The new jobs will be “good positions across the board,” many of them highly skilled, said Albany Medical Center spokesman Greg McGarry. News of the 117 full-time equivalent positions came from State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno during his talk to the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce over the noon hour.

The hospital has a number of expansion projects under way, including a new pavilion that consolidates services for outpatients under one roof.

Albany Med added 283 full-time equivalent positions in 2006. By the end of this year, with the additional 117 positions, employment will equal 5,646 full-time equivalent positions, a spokesman said. But the figure is actually closer to 7,000 employees, because a number of them are part-time workers.